There is also no security around the systems that change traffic lights for emergency vehicles. In fact most of them can be defeated using a handheld flashlight. Yet we don’t see problems with that either.
This. Chopping down a stop sign with an angle grinder is an easy terrorist feat but not one you hear about because nobody stands to gain anything.
When you can push a software payload that does the equivalent of cutting down tens of thousands of stop signs at once from an extradition-free jurisdiction, the calculus changes.
We're getting plenty of tastes of this with healthcare companies and hospitals being targeted with ransomware.
In an operation like this, you're most likely a government employee for a foreign power. Extradition is not one of your worries.
The kind of dumpster you see behind a restaurant weights 1000-2000 lbs empty, and another 1000-2000 lbs full.
The effort and risk profile of pushing one of those over to an intersection is completely different than wireless interfering with a system.
This comparison isn't logical at all.
Yeah, when I saw the article I assumed it was about Chrome Boxes [1]. Pretty sure I was behind a guy once in San Jose that had one.